Box fastener



Jan.l 20, 1931..` s, G, CLIFFORD 1,789,936

:soxI ms'rsmsn ,Filed sept. 27. 192s 6i IN1 JNVENToR. `sgmze/ @Clif/aridi ATTORNEYS v Patented Jan. 20,` V1931 UNITED STATESY PATENT OFFICE SAMUEL GRIFFIN CLIFFORD, OFEVANSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR T0 MCFER-SON & FOSTERICO., 0F EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA BOX FASTENEB,

Application led September 27, 1928. SeraliNo. 308,682.

lication of m fasteninodevice' Fie. 2 isv b 7 Z'D a sectional view of a box showing the fastening means in side elevation and in position; Fig. 3 is a sectional view o-f a. boxsho-wing an end elevation of the fastening means in position; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the fastening member applied to a box where the partitionV is Hush with the top of the box and Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the fastening means in elevation. r 1

The fastening means is particularly applicable to boxes for handling bottles and the like which are divided into compartments by partitions. As illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the box l is divided by suitable longitudinal partitions 2 and transverse partitions 3.

In order to give rigidity to these partitions I provide a fastening device which is adapted to be secured to one of the central partitions. This fastening device comprises a Y-shaped stapling member having a stem 4 pointed as at 5 and extending from the V- shaped'center portion 6, the diverging arms 7 and S extending from the center portion in the opposite direction and the arm 7 is preferably longer than the arm 8. Each of these arms is provided with a prong 9 which extends towards the opposite arm.

In assembly, when the partition lies below the top of the box a hole is drilled through the side of the box at the top o-f the partition. Y

The stem 4 is projected through the hole and the pointed arm 5 turned at right angles to the stem and driven into the box as shown at Fig. 2. At the same time the stem extends at right anglesv to the center section 6. The two legs 7 and 8 are bent downwardly on either side of the partition and are then squeezed together to force the prongs 9 into the partition. Due to the fact that one leg is longer than the other the prongs will not come opposite one another and will'not tend to split the wood of the partition. This structure securely holds the partition in posi-V tion against displacement and is readily applied. Y

Where thel top of the partition lies flush with the top of the side of the box instead of passing the stem through ran opening, the stem is turned down over the top edge of the box and the pronged points 5 driven in the outer side of the box as illustrated in Fig. 5. The two opposite fingers extend on either side of the partition and the prongs are driven into the wood thereof.

The device may be readily formed from sheet steel by stamping.

I claim as my invention:

A partition fastener for boxes comprising a staple having a prong provided with a pair of integral diverging prongs extending i* from the base of said first-mentioned prong,

one of said diverging prongs being longer than the other, the end of each of said diverging prongs being inturned towards the opposite prong. f

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Evansville, Indiana, this 24th day of September, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

SAMUEL GRIFFIN CLIFFORD. 

